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  1. Lobby

    General sub-forum area. New members must read the stickied posts in the Tales from the Bully Pulpit sub-forum before posting.

    1. Tales from the Bully Pulpit

      Must read stuff and important announcements.
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      1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

      2. Ambiophonics

      Latest: New Members - Introduce Yourself ClieOS Oct 17, 2018 at 7:33 AM
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    2. General Audio Discussion

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      1. Advice Threads

      2. Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals

      Latest: MQA Op-Ed Jinxy245 Oct 17, 2018 at 7:26 AM
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    3. Music and Recordings

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      1. Music and Recordings (vinyl , 8-track, etc.)

      Latest: What are you listening to right now? (2nd Part) Jinxy245 Oct 17, 2018 at 7:15 AM
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    4. The Meeting Place

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      Latest: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2018 AllanMarcus Oct 17, 2018 at 5:56 AM
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    5. Audio Science

      Discussion of blind testing, psychoacoustics, and measurement techniques. Also, preliminary, research, and exploratory measurements should generally be posted here unless the results of your measurement rigs have been established and well known. This is to prevent confusion and difficulty in comparing one measurement with another. Excessive insistence on only very difficult to implement double blind testing results in an automatic one week ban or worse.
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      1. Blind Testing and Psychoacoustics

      2. Measurement Techniques Discussion

      Latest: How to make the best sounding DAC ever? Dzerh Oct 16, 2018 at 2:45 PM
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    6. All Points Bulletin / Be on the Look Out

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      Latest: APB: CA Atlas - @warrior GoodEnoughGear Oct 12, 2018 at 9:59 PM
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  2. Personal Audio Gear Discussion

    Personal audio gear reviews , subjective impressions, thoughts, and questions about gear. Any post with a measurement should go in the measurements section below.

    1. Headphones

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      Latest: ETHER 2 Ice-man Oct 16, 2018 at 5:05 PM
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    2. Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units

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      Latest: Schiit Jotunheim impressions supertransformingdhruv Oct 17, 2018 at 7:40 AM
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    3. IEMs and Portable Gear

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      Latest: Campfire Audio Andromeda Review: Holy Cow, This is a Dream, Awesomesauce! gixxerwimp Oct 16, 2018 at 9:20 PM
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    4. Modifications and Tweaks

      Mods, tweaks, cables, power conditioning, etc.
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      Latest: Darkvoice and Crack Mods Gallic Dweller Oct 16, 2018 at 3:14 AM
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  3. Source Gear Discussion

    1. Digital: DACs, USB converters, decrapifiers

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      Latest: USB Nervosa Thread Decrapifiers, pro interfaces, and bears oh my Maxx134 Oct 17, 2018 at 7:22 AM
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    2. Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools

      Players, streamers, operating systems, settings, tagging, etc.
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      Latest: USB PCIe cards Hogcryat Oct 14, 2018 at 9:39 AM
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    3. Vinyl Nutjob World: Turntable and Related Gear

      Anything related to vinyl playback, turntables, cartridges, phonostages, setup, discussions, measurements, etc.
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      Latest: Progress on My Turntable Isolation Platform:Serious Question? Lou Casadonte Oct 15, 2018 at 6:17 PM
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  4. Two Channel Gear Discussion

    1. Preamps

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      Latest: Schiit Freya Preamp Review (Episodic) rlow Oct 11, 2018 at 3:09 PM
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    2. Power Amps

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      Latest: Solid-State Power Amp Adventures maverickronin Oct 17, 2018 at 7:02 AM
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    3. Speakers

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      Latest: Pictures of your speaker system Thad E Ginathom Oct 14, 2018 at 11:03 AM
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  5. Measurements (plus subjective impressions)

    Measurements with subjective impressions. Hands, Marv, Ultrabike, AtomicBob, Sorrodje, and cskippy. Unless your measurements have been sanctioned, please post them in the "Audio Science" sub-forum above. To is to prevent confusion as different measurement setups will have different results. Note that Hands' coupler has pinna, which will bump up the 2-3.5kHz region a little bit.

    1. Headphone Measurements

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      Latest: Massdrop HD58X (revised) Review and Measurements Hands Oct 16, 2018 at 10:10 AM
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    2. IEM Measurements

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      1. IEM Measurements - La Cenric's IEM Playhouse

      Latest: FiiO F9 Brooko Sep 3, 2018
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    3. Headphone Amplifier Measurements

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      Latest: Monoprice Cavalli Liquid Spark technical measurements atomicbob Oct 16, 2018 at 7:42 AM
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    4. Source Measurements

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      Latest: Schiit Modi 3 DAC Measurements ultrabike Sep 22, 2018
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    5. Portable and Other Gear Measurements

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      Latest: Riva Audio Festival (Wand series) marflao Sep 25, 2018
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    6. Measurement Setups, Systems, and Standards

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      Latest: Comparison of several audio analysis systems - technical measurements atomicbob Jul 14, 2018
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  6. SuperBAF Special Sub-Forums

    Some of these sub-forums may be restricted to Friends or Contributors. Of course if you can't see it, then it doesn't exist.

    1. EU Forum

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      Latest: European friends listing Forza AudioWorks Sep 10, 2018
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    2. Loaner Programs

      Loaner program logistics only. Impressions should be in their respective gear category subforums.
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      1. Closed Loaners

      2. Loaner Requests

      Latest: Loaner: Lyr 3 JoshMorr Oct 16, 2018 at 11:54 AM
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    3. SBAF Blogs

      Please don't start a random blog in this sub-forum. This sub-forum is reserved for VIPs.
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      Latest: Vansen's Music Blog thegunner100 Sep 21, 2018
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    4. DIY

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      Latest: Volume control, laziness and unemployment Cspirou Oct 17, 2018 at 7:18 AM
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    5. For Sale

      HF is probably a better place to reach people for selling most stuff. We reach the same kinds of people as HF, but HF gets 7,000,000 sessions and 35,000,000 pageviews per month. We are about 1000 times smaller and the members here are much more selective in what they purchase.
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      1. Closed (Archived) Sales

      2. Buyer and Seller Feedback (Negative)

      Latest: FS: RME ADI-2 DAC and Acoustune HS1551CU Erikdayo Oct 17, 2018 at 7:18 AM
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  7. Non-Audio Stuff

    1. Random Thoughts

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      1. City Guides

      2. Birthdays

      3. Health

      Latest: The Funny/LOL Thread OldDude04 Oct 17, 2018 at 7:19 AM
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    2. Outdoor World

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      Latest: Inspirational Stuff TwoEars Sep 20, 2018
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    3. Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games

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      1. Lego and Other Building Bricks

      2. Clash of Clans

      Latest: Post Your Computer Build HeadFoneDude64 Oct 17, 2018 at 7:46 AM
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    4. Food and Drink

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      Latest: Newbie Alcoholic Beverage Advice Prydz Oct 15, 2018 at 11:38 AM
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    5. Musicians and Instruments

      SHow off your musical instruments and post what instruments you have and your musical accomplishments! Even if you play an instrument just as a hobby, please post your pics and descriptions!
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      Latest: The music we make Ringingears Oct 13, 2018 at 11:44 AM
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    6. Photography and Cameras

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      Latest: Post Your Favorite Photos (Must have been taken by you!) msommers Sep 25, 2018
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    7. Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk

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      Latest: No boaters here? Thad E Ginathom Oct 10, 2018
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  8. Industry Sub-Forums

    1. Product Announcements

      MoTs: Please introduce yourselves first before posting.
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      Latest: New Shanling M0 - Tiny DAP for 109$ insidious meme Oct 15, 2018 at 8:00 PM
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    2. Beezar

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    3. Schiit

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      Latest: Schiit Audio behind the scenes YouTube channel! - SchiitFerBrainz! SchiitFerBrainz Oct 15, 2018 at 10:01 AM
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    4. The Source Audio Video Design Group (TSAV)

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      Latest: HiFiMAN Liquidation @ TSAV netforce Oct 16, 2018 at 8:12 PM
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    5. Eddie Current

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      Latest: Eddie Current Zana Deux S Mystic Oct 16, 2018 at 4:49 PM
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